The Giver Chapters 17 - 20 Vocabulary

Permeate

• spread throughout (something); pervade.

• giving off light; bright or shining.

• cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something.

• destroy or ruin.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Luminous

• giving off light; bright or shining.

• expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way.

• lose strength or momentum.

• express complete disapproval of; censure.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Efficient

• achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

• expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way.

• cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something.

• express complete disapproval of; censure.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Rueful

• expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way.

• expressing something forcibly and clearly.

• spread throughout (something); pervade.

• achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Emphatic

• expressing something forcibly and clearly.

• imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule.

• express complete disapproval of; censure.

• achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Dejected

• sad and depressed; dispirited.

• destroy or ruin.

• a small hole in something such as the skin, caused by a sharp object.

• express complete disapproval of; censure.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Falter

• lose strength or momentum.

• expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way.

• achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

• express complete disapproval of; censure.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Inflict

• cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something.

• destroy or ruin.

• achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

• spread throughout (something); pervade.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Devastate

• destroy or ruin.

• giving off light; bright or shining.

• spread throughout (something); pervade.

• express complete disapproval of; censure.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Puncture

• something such as the skin, caused by a sharp object.

• express complete disapproval of; censure.

• expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way.

• spread throughout (something); pervade.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4